CULTURAL IDENTITY AS ONE OF THE STATEHOOD FOUNDATIONS: RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS

Abstract

The article examines the role and place of Muslim ethnic groups of the North Caucasus in the process of addition of single Russian nation, strengthening its statehood, the formation of civil society institutions. Value of the religious sphere in the life of the Russian society, the state and confessional relations in the conditions of modern realities taking into account an inevitable globalization factor is analyzed. As important factors to the North Caucasian society is the question of human security, economic well-being, quality of education and health, preservation of native languages and cultures.